Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913)
"Auf dem Barren" ("On the Bars")
ink, pen, and brush on paper
1891
9 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.
signed upper right: Diefenbach 1891
This drawing is a highly finished and precise study for a panel of Diefenbach's monumental masterpiece "Per aspera ad astra" (1892, mixed technique on canvas) in the Stadtmuseum Hadamar; see Michael Buhrs, ed., Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913) Lieber sterben, als meine Ideale verleugnen! (Munich: Museum Villa Stuck and Edition Minerva, 2009), pg. 91, ill. 67.
